Virginia Gun Owners Forum - VGOF

by **Kreutz** » Sat, 07 Jul 2012 20:49:04

It may just save yer nuts...literally.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article ... itals.html

A popular Illinois lake is on guard after the discovery in its waters of the exotic pacu fish - infamous for killing men by ripping off their testicles.

Known in Papua New Guinea as 'The Ball Cutter', the pacu has reportedly been responsible for the deaths of two fishermen in the Pacific nation, who died from blood loss after the fish had bitten off their testicles.

Initially thought to be a piranha, the fish caught in June was later confirmed by the Illinois Department of Natural Resources to be a pacu.

Although part of the same family, the pacu has thicker, sturdier teeth that resemble human ones, unlike the piranha, which is renowned for its deadly serrated incisors

Smile!

by **RugerJoe** » Sat, 07 Jul 2012 21:27:40

Can't think of many more horrible ways to die than bleeding out from that.....

by **SHMIV** » Sat, 07 Jul 2012 21:30:37

Ha... I knew there was a reason that I never go swimming north of the Mason Dixon line.

That thing is creepy.

by **jwinkeler** » Sat, 07 Jul 2012 21:36:51

Wow

Look Sharp, Act Sharp, Be Sharp.

by **thekinetic** » Sun, 08 Jul 2012 00:49:33

Whos up for whiping that species off the planet?! :packin:

by **zerodown1** » Sun, 08 Jul 2012 07:06:40

Hope I never have a reson to go to Illinoisizecastan but thanks for the heads up. :pistol:

by **rlbellco72** » Sun, 08 Jul 2012 07:13:41

That is one ugly fish!

by **ratherfish** » Sun, 08 Jul 2012 10:53:50

splains a lot.

Balless yankees, and migrant Obama apologists!

by **Jamie** » Sun, 08 Jul 2012 22:26:14

Eh. Pacus are big, hungry fish, but they're not particularly testicle-oriented. Pet shops sell 'em small, and unknowing people purchase and then abandon them when they get too big for their tank.

They're tropical fish and will die soon after the temperature drops unless they've found some warm spot like the effluence from a factory to live in.